The al-Baqara Crescendo: Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes 9780773548879
A study of the poetics and hermeneutics of the Qur?an’s narrative structure, focusing on Surat al-Baqara. A study of t
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Table of contents :
Cover
The al-Baqara Crescendo
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 How to Read the Qurʾan Holistically: Understanding the Rationale
2 Beginning at the Beginning: Al-Fātiḥa as a Prelude to Surat al-Baqara
3 Symmetry and a Mounting Dynamic: Al-Baqara’s Skeletal Outline
4 Thematic Affirmation: Al-Baqara’s Chiastic Structure
5 “God as Guide”: Surat al-Baqara’s Running Theme in the Divine Self-Revelatory Reading
6 Placing Humanity at the Focal Point: “Responsibility” as the Pedagogical Running Theme of Surat al-Baqara
7 Windows into the Tradition: Al-Biqāʿī and al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī on Surat al-Baqara
Conclusion
Appendix: Holistic Approaches in Biblical Studies
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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